Pursuing Dreams Quotes

“You fight for a dream that can never be. A shame, for it is a beautiful dream. But dreams are useless things, when it comes to building something of worth. Something perfect.”
― Josh Reynolds

“You never know what amazing things could happen if you take that first step.”
― Sam Izad, Snackable Existentialism: Small Portions, Big Ideas

“Embrace your passions, take risks, and trust that the universe will guide you toward your purpose.”
― Sam Izad, Snackable Existentialism: Small Portions, Big Ideas

“(...) The people I chatted with in Kito's didn't seem to doubt that I'd been to the top of the Thumb; they just didn't mcuh care. (...) Less than a month after sitting on the summit of the Thumb, I was back in Boulder, nailing up siding on the Spruce Street Townhouses, the same condosI'd been framing when I left for Alaska. (...) It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it. When I decided to go to Alaska that April, like Chris McCandless, I was a raw youth who mistook passion for insight and acted according to an obscure, gap-ridden logic. I thought climbing the Devils Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams. And I lived to tell my tale.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“It's frightening how easy one can become consumed by their own goal and attempt to force it upon others, no matter how noble it may be. But there's nothing wrong with wanting to pursue your own dreams.”
― Senna Byrd, Lord of the Night Realm: Book I - Sojourn